Chords with lyrics
Chord structures:
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G A minorAm E minorEm
e|-3------3-----3------------|
BB|-3------3-----3----1-------|
G+G|-------------------2-------|
D MajorD|--------2----------2----2--|
A augmentedA|-2------3-----2---------2--|
E MajorE|--------------3------------|
After the first verse and chorus the chords are generally played without the high notes
(as you see the chord names change) and there is a lot of hammer ons/offs along with
other variation thrown in.
Intro/Chorus end:
e|------------------------------|
BB|-8--7--x--x-------------------|
G+G|-0--0--9--7---4--2-4-5-4-2-0--|
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|-x--x--x--x---x--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
E MajorE|-8-----------/3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Verse 1:
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
She took her lover on a road trip
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Turned out to be a bad idea
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
She lost his eagle feather roach clip
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
A augmentedA present from some sad Maria
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Things never made it back to normal
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He was the wrong kind of naive
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
She stopped for gas in Oklahoma
E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Left him alone on St. John's Eve
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm C majorC
There's a pale fire rising on the plain
e|----------------------------|
BB|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G+G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E MajorE|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Verse 2:
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Remember when you were a fighter?
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Remember when I was a queen?
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Now I'm just another rider
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Can't keep up with your machine
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Every man I meet is perfect
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Any better, they'd be wrong
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
That way it's never really worth it
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
And I can spend my days alone
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm C majorC
There's a pale fire rising on the plain
e|----------------------------|
BB|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G+G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E MajorE|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Bridge:
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Every man I meet is perfect
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Any better, they'd be wrong
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
Now it's never really worth it
E minor 7Em7 C majorC G+G
And I can spend my days alone
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm E minorEm
There's a pale fire
A minorAm C majorC
There's a pale fire rising on the plain
e|----------------------------|
BB|-8--7--x--x-----------------|
G+G|-0--0--9--7--4--2-4-5-4-2-0-|
D MajorD|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E MajorE|-8-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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| x Dead Note